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Nothing Personal with David Samson

Can you buy a World Series? Is that what Steve Cohen and the Mets are trying to do?; NBA CBA negotiations are here. How exciting! (Episode 714)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Baseball, Business

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ’correlation’ as in the league’s highest payroll as in winning a championship as in Steve Cohen is spending money like we’ve never seen before, but will it guarantee a ring. Maybe? Who’s to say. How many times has it happened in the past 20 years? MLB is becoming an arms race. Is this good for the game? How many players are good enough for this to be a thing? Will it last? (22:40) MLB isn’t the only place that doesn’t have labor peace in sports. The NBA is next up. What is going to happen with that CBA? (34:30) Review: White Lotus Season 2. (40:20) Tom Brady’s demise is happening before our eyes. Are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers good enough to make the playoffs? Should the Bucs be able to host a home game with a losing record? Anybody have any good news for me!? Let's share some. I need some positivity! You know where to find me, if you read this... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.1

Carrelation. Nothing personal word of the day is Monday 12-12-22. The word of the day is

0:57.0

Carrelation. This weekend I assume that if you are a baseball fan, you have given up. It's over.

1:04.8

The New York match is going to win the World Series, guaranteed in 2023. You may have seen this

1:11.2

weekend that there was yet another signing by Steve Cone. He signed the Japanese free agent

1:18.0

pitcher Sangha gave him $75 million. Oprah Winfrey giving cars is what Stephen Cone is doing.

1:24.5

You get $20 million. You get $18 million. Everybody is signing with the meds it would seem.

1:32.4

Their payroll is so high they will have the top payroll in baseball. Your dreams are coming true.

1:40.5

Two things that we're going to talk about. One, what is the correlation between having the

1:45.7

least highest payroll and having a ring on your finger at the end of the year? Does that matter?

1:51.7

Steve Cone was very clear about the team. Three to five years. We're getting a World Series.

1:57.8

If I have to buy it, I have to buy it. If I have to buy every player, I'm going to buy every player.

2:01.2

If I have to outspend, if they put in a Stephen Cone tax and the collective bar agreement,

2:06.4

we're going to surpass it. It doesn't matter. We're getting a World Series.

2:11.2

So here we are, of course, in December 12-12. Obviously, the meds are in last place right now.

2:18.6

And first place, it's true. They are. So how many teams who have the highest payroll

2:28.3

win the World Series? What's the correlation? What would be your guess in the last 20 years

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